THE WEEKS ARE FLYING BY so Fridays come around so much quicker than imaginable. I am thankful for each day though. I have been sleeping well each night without sleep-aids. PTL. I stopped taking sleep-aids awhile back. I don't wake up groggy anymore, which is a boost. My goal is to take as little medication as possible.
I do have to take vitamins and minerals though. Falling off the wagon happened needing to get back on it. My thyroid test results came back and I am still way too suppressed on my TSH numbers. I do well on taking my meds on a empty stomach at about the same time each morning, but I don't always eat breakfast at the same time each day and I think this is messing up my numbers. Thyroid meds are so fickle, it's frustrating. If I take my meds around 8 am and don't eat until 11 because of intermittent fasting, it may be affecting the meds by allowing them to suppress my numbers more than before when I ate breakfast half an hour to a hour after taking the meds. I'm super good about not taking any other medicines, supplements, drinking grapefruit juice and dairy for at least 4 hours after taking my thyroid meds. Alcohol isn't a problem. Smoking isn't a problem.
The FREE T4 is too low as well and I have very low Ferritin. When the FREE T4 is low, it may be pooling due to cortisol problems. I was the one to request the Ferritin be checked because I have way too much hair falling out.
The nurse called to visit about the test results. I read the results already because they were published in my health portal. She said that the Endocrinologist's APRN may have me talk to my regular physician about the FERRITIN being too low which indicates Iron-deficiency anemia so I am waiting to hear back from this nurse that called me to inform me what the APRN will say about this. Telephone TAG. I did ask what a low FREE T4 meant and she'll get back to me, but I can check Dr. Google and/or Thyroid Advocates and read what they say.
With having lost so much blood in January and February due to having too high of a TSH, I knew there was a possibility of getting anemic and with dieting so much, a nutritional issue can arise, so I am in a storm right now. After I raised my dose of Thyroid meds, it started to suppress my numbers which helped with the bleeding and I have not bleed since. I am still due for a June surgical look around in the uterus by the new Gynecologist to check out what's going on in there. I believe there is a connection between when my TSH is too high and abnormal uterine bleeding. At 67, it is best to make sure this is not cancer.
I'll start taking OTC IRON pills and eat lots of green plants. As for exercise, I am staying in motion from this phase we're in with DOWNSIZING, packing, shuffling, etc.
IT WOULD BE WISE TO SEE AN ACTUAL ENDOCRINOLOGIST that allows the patient to take natural desiccated thyroid instead of seeing their APRN, but finding a Endocrinologist that supports Armour is next to impossible around here in my neck of the woods. All are cut from the same cloth about using synthetic meds instead of natural as they have their guidelines from the American Thyroid Association to follow and they do not support Armour. To put in it a nutshell, Rockefeller bought out the medical field years ago promoting medicines that he could make money off of because he owned so much of the petrochemicals in the United States. He did away with encouraging natural medicines verses using synthetic ones because his products were in them.
Allopathy doctors were created to push petrochemical medicines instead of natural. Rockefeller's money and wickedness won out taking over the medical doctors' education about using synthetic over natural ways. Rockefeller funded the medical schools. His philosophy won out because he funded it to do so.
Even with their choice of the patient taking SYNTHROID which is a synthetic medicine instead of ARMOUR THYROID which is natural, they ignore that SYNTHROID was not FDA approved for 46 years while on the market being one of the most prescribed meds anyhow. It is the number two medication sold in the United States. Politics came into play with big Pharma. Why is it ignored by the Endocrinologist that the medication they most often prescribe was not FDA approved for over 46 years and that seems to be alright by their golden standards? It's rigged. When told how awful Armour is compared to Synthroid, it doesn't take long to notice that the very things they say bad about Armour are the very things Synthroid has experienced through the years, but this isn't the focus of the conversation with them about meds. It is quietly kept out of the conversation how Synthroid was sidelined before for having a sub quality shelf life.
Back on the HOME front. I managed to shuffle two oversized Ethan Allen Wing chairs across the house to make room for placing the entryway buffet in the living room. I have emptied the entryway out so the walls can be painted in the next few days. I felt a sense of accomplishment getting this much done early in the morning.
Next came paperwork, hand written correspondences and paying some bills from my recliner. Oh the LIFE. Breakfast and dishes out of the way. A trip to the basement to get a galvanized container to fill with a large geranium over at the COTTAGE. Laundry gathered to wash at the COTTAGE. My plan was to work on shuffling boxes and furniture while the laundry was washing.
Lunch. Off to the COTTAGE. Cleared a floor area in the COTTAGE Dining room to slide one of the large doll cabinets to a different place so there is room in there for the VICTORIAN DESK to sit. I'll need to relocate the other doll cabinet from one of the bedrooms. I have peace now about getting rid of the curio cabinets after the book shelves are built in the bedroom where I can display my doll collection. I can turn loose of these cabinets which will allow more floor space in the tiny bedrooms.
Still hoping to get the VICTORIAN DESK relocated during the month of April. Did laundry, worked on going through some boxes and filling Kitchen drawers.
Dodging boxes while walking through the COTTAGE is challenging. I lose my balance at times which makes it interesting being as large as I am trying to catch my balance while still staying on my feet. I tell myself SOON and very SOON the boxes will be gone and walking will be so much easier. The messes get on my nerves. I'm NOT good at looking at them.
I spent some time on the tiny porch repotting a large geranium. THIS WAS MY THERAPY as it was so quiet outside with little going on. The peace was extremely pleasant. I sat on the red swing and looked out at the neighborhood in small town America. I loved it. This should get my motor going to get over to the COTTAGE SOONER than LATER to live.
I was tired by the end of the day. Too tired to fix supper, so SONIC was my choice of PERSONAL CHEF to do the cooking. Not exactly healthy, but needed a quick fix. I chose the Chicken Wrap which came with Tater Tots and a Cherry Lime-aide. I know there is so much sugar in the drink and too many carbs with the food. Most everything on the menu is FRIED. Grease, grease, grease. I had to forgive myself and agree to do better the next day.
For QUIET TIME at HOME, I watched a youtube Lady that has a studio apartment of all things in her house in her Master Bedroom. She shares the house with other family members. She had traveled in a mini-van and returned to her house to live in the Master Bedroom. It was interesting how she made this happen. A small sitting area beside her bed that's near a kitchenette area and bath. Even has exercise equipment in her living space. How she is managing is amazing. I'll be returning to her channel as she has some info on nutrition. Want to check out. A decade ago of her life she lost weight and has kept it off by changing her diet and paying attention to nutrition. She says she has no aches and pains and takes no medicine. I don't know, but perhaps she is telling the truth.
I do enjoy watching how some people live large in small areas. Tiny houses and van living. I find it educational to see how they do this as I am downsizing and need a refresher course on LIVING with LESS in a small area as this is where I am headed as a nearly 70 year old woman.
Dear LORD, I pray that I can be healthier and am well able to downsize my belongings within my living space with ease and to also downsize the house that I call my body. I pray for the ability to eat healthier and stay less stressed relying on you and trusting you in all areas of my LIFE. In Jesus name I pray, Amen and amen.
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